Today I describe two editions of Vanossi's Idea Sapientis Theo-politici 1725 & 1728. These two remarkably rare issues preserve two distinct forms of the same Jesuit emblematic work and, together, demonstrate its transformation from a published treatise into a text... Continue Reading →
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886J Boudon, Henry Marie (1624-1702.) Deus solus seu Confoederatio inita ad honorem Solius Dei promovendum. Opusculum primò Gallicè conscriptum ab Henrico Maria Boudon, SS. Theol. Doct. et Magno Archidiacono Ecclesiae Ebroicensis. post in Italicum idioma translatum à R.P. Josepho Anturini, Soc. Jesu.... Continue Reading →
“Just as Noah’s first ark saved mankind from the flood, so this second Ark conducts its readers safely through the stormy waves of life toward the harbor of discipline and salvation.”
complaints of French bishops against Jesuit exemptions. The two solemn declarations given by the Jesuits to My Lords the prelates: one, on the subject of the books of England, against the hierarchy and the sacrament of confirmation,
"Gen. de Paris Extraordinaire” Expulsion of Jesuits from France Louis Dufranc
344G Izquierdo, Sebastián1601-1681. Ignatius,; of Loyola, Saint,; 1491-1556. Praxis exercitiorum spiritualium P.N.S. Ignatti. Auctore P. Sebastiano Izquierdo Alcarazense Societatis Jesu. Romae : Typis Ioannis Francisci Buagni. 1695 Price... Continue Reading →
344G Izquierdo, Sebastián1601-1681. Ignatius,; of Loyola, Saint,; 1491-1556. Praxis exercitiorum spiritualium P.N.S. Ignatti. Auctore P. Sebastiano Izquierdo Alcarazense Societatis Jesu. Romae : Typis Ioannis Francisci Buagni. 1695 Price... Continue Reading →
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